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{{Short description|Danish military officer, chamberlain and landowner}}
[[File:Oscar O'Neill Oxholm (1809-1871) by F. Petersen.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of Oxholm, by Jens Petersen]]
'''Oscar O'Neill Oxholm'''  (28 April 1809 – 15 October 1871) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] military officer, chamberlain and landowner. He owned [[Rosenfeldt|Rosenfeldt Manor]] at [[Vordingborg]] from 1841.
==Early life==
Oxholm was the son of the former Ann O'Neill and [[Peter Lotharius Oxholm]], who served as [[List of Governors of the Danish West Indies|governor-general]] of the [[Danish West Indies]] from 1815 to 1816 who participated in the [[Battle of Køge]] in 1807. His mother was the daughter of a plantation owner on [[St. Croix]].<ref name="PeterOxholm">{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Forsvar_og_politi/Officer/Peter_Lotharius_Oxholm|title=Peter Lotharius Oxholm|language=Danish|work=[[Dansk Biografisk Leksikon]]|accessdate=26 August 2018}}</ref>
His father owned a [[Prince William Mansion, Copenhagen|mansion of the corner]] of [[Sankt Annæ Plads]] and [[Amaliegade]] (which was acquired by King [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] in 1826 who put it at the disposal of [[Prince William of Hesse-Kassel]], who lived there until his death in 1867), as well as the St. George Hill, [[Sallys Fancy, U.S. Virgin Islands|Sally's Fancy]], and Hope plantations on Saint Croix.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idahaugsted.dk/folkene-bag-sukkerraffinaderiet-union-house-1771-1811-paa-christianshavn/|title=Folkene bag sukkerraffinaderiet "Union House" 1771-1811 på Christianshavn|language=Danish|website=idahaugsted.dk|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref>
==Career==
[[File:Nordiska taflor - no-nb digibok 2014031428010-98.jpg|thumb|right|[[Rosenfeldt|Rosenfeldt Manor]], 1873]]
Oxholm began his career in the [[Royal Danish Army]] at the Foot Guards. In 1848, he was freed from service to serve as adjudant for [[Frederick VII of Denmark|Frederick VII]]. He reached the rank of Major-General and was appointed to chamberlain.
Oxholm purchased [[Rosenfeldt|Rosenfeldt Manor]] at [[Vordingborg]] in 1841. He constructed the new main building, two farm buildings and 20 ''fæstegårde''. Designed by [[Henrik Steffens Sibbern]], the main building was built from 1868 to 1870.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskeherregaarde.dk/manorholder/r/rosenfeldt/ejerhistorie.aspx|title=Rosenfeldt: Ejerrække|language=Danish|website=danskeherregaarde.dk|accessdate=26 August 2018}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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Oxholm married the Irish Adelaide Maria O'Kelly (1817-1842) in 1842. Together, they had three sons:
* Carl Arthur O'Neill Oxholm (1843–1914), who married [[Sophie Marguerite Oxholm|Sophie Marguerite Bech]] (1848–1935), a daughter of Danish diplomat [[Edward Bech]].<ref name="pubpub">{{cite web |last1=Foy |first1=Richard |title=Edwin Bech Estate |url=https://marist-asc.pubpub.org/pub/23ndqrm7/release/1 |website=marist-asc.pubpub.org |publisher=[[Marist College|Marist Archives & Special Collections Publication]] |access-date=23 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 November 2020}}</ref>
* Fritz Johan Georg O'Neill Oxholm (1850–1878), who died unmarried.
* Oscar Siegfred Christian O'Neill Oxholm (1855–1926), a courtier, chamberlain, and master of ceremonies who married Countess Fritze Wilhelmine Wanda Theodora Holstein, a daughter of [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Prime Minister]] [[Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg]].
He died on 15 October 1871 and is buried at Kastrup Cemetery. As his eldest son died without issue in 1914, the Rosenfeldt estate passed to his daughter-in-law [[Sophie Marguerite Oxholm|Sophie]], and following her death in 1935, his grandson, [[Oscar O'Neill Oxholm (diplomat)|Oscar O'Neill Oxholm]], who served as the [[Embassy of Denmark, Beijing|Danish ambassador to China]] from 1932 to 1939.<ref name="pubpub"/>
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.geni.com/people/Oscar-Oxholm-1844-1871-til-Rosenfeldt-Gods-Vordingborg/6000000022784249365 Oscar O'Neill Oxholm] at geni.com
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[[Category:19th-century Danish military officers]]
[[Category:19th-century Danish landowners]]
[[Category:Oxholm family]]
[[Category:1809 births]]
[[Category:1871 deaths]]